Q&a

August 06, 2006

After the fair saw heat advisories and temperatures reaching the mid- to upper-90s in its first few days, admission is down between 3 percent to 4 percent. But Thursday's storms brought temperatures down to the mid-80s for the weekend, which fair organizers hoped would make up for the losses. Lorie Sieczko, 44, of New Carlisle, has a daughter in the 4-H Horse and Pony Club and has endured the heat at the fair every day since Sunday. What did you think of the weather earlier on? The first three days were miserable. We had to take the horses up every day and hose them down at least three times just to keep them cool and keep them in the shade as much as possible. So you're liking it a lot better today? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. What's your favorite part of the fair? Watching her ride (her horse Cinder); watching her compete ... We're out here mainly for that. ---- By staff writer Brent Forgues